Gross violation of the Wiedemann–Franz law in a quasi-one-dimensional conductor

Nicholas Wakeham, Alimamy F. Bangura, Xiaofeng Xu, Jean-Francois Mercure (), Martha Greenblatt and Nigel E. Hussey ()
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Nicholas Wakeham: H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol
Alimamy F. Bangura: H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol
Xiaofeng Xu: H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol
Martha Greenblatt: Rutgers University
Nigel E. Hussey: H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol

Nature Communications, 2011, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract When charge carriers are spatially confined to one dimension, conventional Fermi-liquid theory breaks down. In such Tomonaga–Luttinger liquids, quasiparticles are replaced by distinct collective excitations of spin and charge that propagate independently with different velocities. Although evidence for spin–charge separation exists, no bulk low-energy probe has yet been able to distinguish successfully between Tomonaga–Luttinger and Fermi-liquid physics. Here we show experimentally that the ratio of the thermal and electrical Hall conductivities in the metallic phase of quasi-one-dimensional Li0.9Mo6O17 diverges with decreasing temperature, reaching a value five orders of magnitude larger than that found in conventional metals. Both the temperature dependence and magnitude of this ratio are consistent with Tomonaga–Luttinger liquid theory. Such a dramatic manifestation of spin–charge separation in a bulk three-dimensional solid offers a unique opportunity to explore how the fermionic quasiparticle picture recovers, and over what time scale, when coupling to a second or third dimension is restored.

Date: 2011
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